Colobosaura
| Colobosaura | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria |
| Infraorder: | Scincomorpha |
| Family: | Gymnophthalmidae |
| Subfamily: | Gymnophthalminae[1] |
| Genus: | Colobosaura Boulenger, 1887[2] |
Colobosaura is a monotypic genus of lizard, endemic to South America, in the family Gymnophthalmidae.[1]
Species
Only one species is recognized as being valid.[1]
- Colobosaura modesta (J.T. Reinhardt & Lütken, 1862)
Taxonomy
The genus Colobosaura used to contain two additional species: C. kraepelini and C. modesta. However, in 2007 Rodrigues et al. determined that C. kraepelini is a synonym of C. modesta, and that C. mentalis should be placed in the new genus Acratosaura as Acratosaura mentalis.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 "Colobosaura modesta ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.
- ↑ "Colobosaura ". Dahms Tierleben. www.dahmstierleben.de/systematik/Reptilien/Squamata/Scincomorpha/Gymnophthalmidae.
- ↑ Rodrigues MT, Pellegrino KCM, Dixo M, Verdade VK, Pavan D, Suzart AJ, Sites JW (2007). "A New Genus of Microteiid Lizard from the Atlantic Forests of State of Bahia, Brazil, with a New Generic Name for Colobosaura mentalis, and a Discussion of Relationships Among the Heterodactylini (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae)". American Mus. Novitates (3565): 1-27.
Further reading
- Boulenger GA (1887). Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. Lacertidæ, Gerrhosauridæ, Scincidæ, Anelytropidæ, Dibamidæ, Chamæleontidæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I-XL. (Colobosaura, new genus, p. 508).
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